Jim Redmond, who famously helped his injured son Derek cross the end line in Barcelona in 1992 in an iconic Olympic second, has died aged 81.
Redmond ran from his seat within the crowd to help his son, who had torn his hamstring on the prime of the house straight.
The pair then completed the 400m semi-final collectively.
The British Olympic Affiliation mentioned his was an Olympic second that may “by no means be forgotten”.
The footage has been considered tens of millions of occasions on social media and the Worldwide Olympic Committee mentioned on Twitter: “Our ideas are with Derek Redmond and his household following the demise of his father, Jim.
“Collectively, they introduced us one of the crucial inspirational moments in Olympic historical past.”
In an interview with BBC Sport in 2012, Derek Redmond mentioned that when he suffered the harm, he simply wished to complete the race and have become conscious of his father working over to him.
“He tried to speak me out of it at first,” he recalled. “He was telling me that I had nothing to show and that I did not want to do that, however I instructed him I used to be going to complete. Then he mentioned that we’d do it collectively.
“So we did, and I limped over the road in tears.”
